In Brief: A Digest of Animal Health Projects

Client Success

Served as FDA, USDA and FTC regulatory counsel to animal health companies in their regulatory filings and compliance programs.
Serving as FDA regulatory counsel for international and domestic animal health companies as they prepare for US IPOs.
Served as intellectual property and licensing counsel for domestic animal health company as it prepared for IPO.
Representing defendant in a patent infringement case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado involving a method of using genetic merit to determine relative value of livestock.
Advised clients on the prevention and response to agri-terrorism, including screening of applicants for employment.
Assisted cattle breed associations and genetics companies in developing DNA marker-assisted expected progeny differences.
Represented pharmaceutical companies in structuring cross-border licensing and ownership of intellectual property for tax efficiencies.
Filed New Animal Drug Applications on behalf of animal health clients.
Advised feed manufacturer on meeting FDA requirements for the manufacture of feed products.
Counseled dairy company on the voluntary recall of potentially tainted dairy product.
Negotiating international license and marketing agreement for a rapid diagnostic technology applicable to human and animal health.
Represented defendant in patent infringement case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho involving a teat-dipper device used in conjunction with dairy farming.
Represented defendant in trademark and trade dress infringement case in the U.S. District for the Northern District of California involving packaging and color combinations used for packaging pet care products.
Represented defendants in trade secrets misappropriation, unfair competition and breach of contract action in Illinois relating to veterinary CAT and MRI scanners and related technologies.
Represented plaintiff in two breach of contract/covenant not to compete lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas involving a leading pioneer in probiotics for dairy and feedlot cattle.
Represented defendant in an antitrust case in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas on behalf of a cattle growth implant manufacturer.